"Little Shop of Horrors (film) Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical comedy horror film directed by Frank Oz. It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman about a geeky florist shop worker who finds out his Venus flytrap can speak. Menken and Ashman's Off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget 1960 film ""The Little Shop of Horrors"", directed by Roger Corman. The 1986 film stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II."
"Little Shop Little Shop is a 1991 American/French animated fantasy comedy television series that aired on Saturday mornings on the Fox Kids TV network in 1991, about a teenager and a giant talking plant. ""Little Shop"" was based on the 1960 Roger Corman film ""The Little Shop of Horrors""; Corman served as a consultant. The concept of the adaptation is credited to Ellen Levy and Mark Edward Edens, and the series was produced by Tom Tataranowicz. The horror elements in previous versions of the story, in which characters are eaten by the plant, are toned down for children in this"
"face of Seymour, which pitifully moans, ""I didn't mean it!"" before drooping over—apparently ending the life of Audrey Jr. ""The Little Shop of Horrors"" was developed when director Roger Corman was given temporary access to sets that had been left standing from his previous film, ""A Bucket of Blood"". Corman decided to use the sets in a film made in the last two days before the sets were torn down. Corman initially planned to develop a story involving a private investigator. In the initial version of the story, the character that eventually became Audrey would have been referred to as"
"The film also featured special appearances by Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest and Bill Murray. It was produced by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1986. ""Little Shop of Horrors"" was filmed on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a ""downtown"" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. Produced on a budget of $25 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Corman, only cost $30,000, it was well received by critics and audiences alike, eventually developing a cult following."
"example, calling him a 'meathead' or 'pest,' and saying he'd ""rather be talking to a termite."" Brace-faced neighborhood bully Paine Driller replaces the character of Orin Scrivello, the dentist. Audrey, Seymour's love interest, is a bow-wearing brunette who is always thinking about what job she wants when she grows up. She is the daughter of Mr. Mushnik in this version. Little Shop Little Shop is a 1991 American/French animated fantasy comedy television series that aired on Saturday mornings on the Fox Kids TV network in 1991, about a teenager and a giant talking plant. ""Little Shop"" was based on the"
"Shop of Horrors"" (1960) with its carnivorous piece of flora'. At the other end of the spectrum, American critic Bryan Senn gives Saunders a nod for doing much with little. 'Though the production is definitely on the cheap, director Charles Saunders makes the most of both the English countryside (often going outside to shoot to give the picture a more expansive - and authentic - feel) and the huge old manor house that stood in for Moran's mansion', he writes. He compliments the film's art director, Herbert Smith, for his 'bang-up basement/dungeon lab set, its medieval-style stone staircase, pillars, dank"
"Hooper's Store Hooper's Store is a fictional business and meeting-place on the television show Sesame Street. Its original owner from the series debut in November 1969 was Mr. Harold Hooper, and later in the early 70's assistant and later manager David, others include Mr. Handford, and Alan; these managers have been assisted by Tom, Cookie Monster, Bert, Linda, Petey, Dr. Gina Jefferson, Carlo, Natalie, Gabi, and Chris at times. The fictional store was said to be founded by Mr. Harold Hooper in 1951 as a general store. The food menu was extensive and suited to the different characters that lived"
"Diamond was hired to build and puppeteer an Audrey 2, and still operates the giant plant puppet for the Little Shop of Horrors road tours to this day. In 2001, a massive blaze completely engulfed Diamond's studio in Peekskill, New York. Over 200 of Diamond's puppets and original creations were destroyed. Diamond rebuilt the studio in an industrial complex in Cornwall, New York, but in January 2012, a six alarm fire destroyed the majority of that industrial complex. Diamond's studio and creations survived the second fire, leaving only water damage in the complex. The smoke from the fire was seen"
"was Henson's creature shop designer on The Dark Crystal. After repeated requests for a job, Conway gave Elsey his first break in the industry, putting him to work creating animatronics for the movie Little Shop of Horrors. In the course of his work, Elsey made many of the special Vine effects as well as the tongue of alien plant Audrey II. The experience taught Elsey the art of using mechanical effects to create the illusion of life in puppetry. They did a lot of reverse shots, turned the camera upside down, changed camera speeds, and other things that most engineers"
"of this and other Melrose stores. Andy Warhol was impressed by the infamous ""Dead Barbie Doll"" art piece that hung above the first location's dressing room. He snapped a photo which appears in his ""America"" book, page 22. Alison Martino gives an excellent run down on Retail SLUT and Melrose on her Vintage LA BLog. Retail Slut Retail Slut was a clothing store in Los Angeles, California, United States that specialized in punk, goth, and underground fashions. Founded in 1983 by Helen O'Neill, the store heavily supported the underground scenes such as the S&M, Drag and Rave communities and participated"
"Store. Chris is played by Chris Knowings, and is the nephew of Gordon and Susan. Hooper's Store Hooper's Store is a fictional business and meeting-place on the television show Sesame Street. Its original owner from the series debut in November 1969 was Mr. Harold Hooper, and later in the early 70's assistant and later manager David, others include Mr. Handford, and Alan; these managers have been assisted by Tom, Cookie Monster, Bert, Linda, Petey, Dr. Gina Jefferson, Carlo, Natalie, Gabi, and Chris at times. The fictional store was said to be founded by Mr. Harold Hooper in 1951 as a"
"Deb Shops Deb Shops is a catalog and online retailer, formerly a specialty retail chain store in the United States that sold women's clothing and accessories under its own private labels as well as other labels. The company was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and principally served junior and plus-sized women in their early teens through their late twenties. At its peak, Deb Shops operated 337 stores across 42 states. They have moved to become exclusively a plus-size store. The company was founded by Philip Rounick and Aaron Weiner, who opened their first store under the name JOY Hosiery in Philadelphia,"
"everything … a proper village, though very run down."" Peter Small's clothes shop The Foundry was at 12 Ganton Street, a listed building, in the early 1980s. Boy George worked there as a window dresser and the shop sold the creations of Sue Clowes, which were worn by bands including Culture Club, The Cure and Bananarama. The shop is now Mor Jewellery. Cultural commentator Stephen Bayley has offices at 23 Ganton Street. The Gold brothers' Lord John men's fashion chain had their first shop at 43 Carnaby Street, on the corner with Ganton Street, that featured a large mural painted"
"Pet Shop of Horrors The manga, published by Asahi Sonorama in 10 graphic novels, consists of 41 chapters in total. It has been licensed for distribution in the United States by Tokyopop. Recently, Matsuri has begun a sequel, . TOKYOPOP has acquired the rights to this sequel and calls it ""Pet Shop of Horrors – Tokyo,"" and the first volume was released in February 2008. ""Count D"" is the mysterious caretaker of a pet shop in Los Angeles Chinatown. Each of D's rare pets, which all have strangely humanoid appearances, comes with a contract with three major points. These points"
"a Hundred Horrors"", at the time of his death. Mel Welles Mel Welles (February 17, 1924 – August 19, 2005) was an American film actor and director. His best-remembered role may be that of hapless flower shop owner Gravis Mushnik in the 1960 low-budget Roger Corman dark comedy, ""The Little Shop of Horrors"". Welles' was born Ira W. Meltcher in the Bronx, New York City, son of Max and Sally Grichewsky Meltcher. He was raised in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania and graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, in 1940. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn"
"which cost more than $100,000. Jim Henson's Creature Shop Jim Henson's Creature Shop is a special/visual effects company founded in 1979 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. The company is based out of Hollywood, California, United States, and then Camden Town in London, United Kingdom. Jim Henson's Creature Shop was originally created as a partnership with British illustrator Brian Froud to facilitate the production of ""The Dark Crystal"". Located in Hampstead, London, it received its name in order to differentiate it from Henson's original puppet workshop in New York City. It was then used for future films such"
"Halloween Adventure Halloween Adventure Stores (also known as Masquerade, LLC) is a retail store chain specializing in Halloween-related merchandise, they are one of the world's largest costuming companies and arguably the largest chain store specializing in Halloween in the United States. The company was founded in 1981 by brothers Bruce and Darron Goldman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has locations in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Florida, and California. In 2006 there were over 120 ""seasonal stores"", using temporary locations in shopping malls that were vacated for seasonal short-term rentals. Halloween Adventure sells a variety of costumes, masks, makeup,"
"The Hodson Shop Walsall Museum Service's nationally significant Hodson Shop Collection comprises the unsold shop stock of a general drapers' shop in the small town of Willenhall in the West Midlands of England. It contains everyday clothing from the mid-twentieth century aimed at ordinary working-class and lower middle-class women and their children. These are garments and accessories that rarely find their way into museum collections, making this an unusual and interesting resource for the study of everyday clothing. In 1920 Edith Hodson established a small shop in the front room of her family home at 54 New Road, Willenhall. Catering"
"sitting in the box as it left him feeling disconnected from the audience. The part was his break and was described by Jesse McKinley of ""The New York Times"" as ""a role Mr. Taylor's booming voice was made for...[he] soon put his stamp on Audrey's signature line: 'Feed me, feed me!'"" Members of the public often used the line when they saw Taylor. ""Little Shop of Horrors"" was performed over 2000 times before it closed in 1987. At the 1983 Drama Desk Awards, Taylor won the award for Outstanding Special Effects for his performance, which he shared with Robinson. In"
"Tim Dirks, the film was one of a wave of ""cheap teen movies"" released for the drive-in market. They consisted of ""exploitative, cheap fare created especially for them [teens] in a newly established teen/drive-in genre."" When Corman found that the film ""worked well,"" he continued to direct two more comedic films scripted by Griffith: ""The Little Shop of Horrors"", a farce with a similar plot to ""Bucket of Blood"" and using the same sets; and ""Creature from the Haunted Sea"", a parody of the monster movie genre. The film was acquired by MGM Home Entertainment upon the company's purchase of"
"December 19, 1986 and was anticipated to do strong business over the 1986 holiday season. The film grossed $39 million at the box office, which, from the viewpoint of the studio, was considered an underperformer. However, it became a smash hit upon its home video release in 1987 on VHS and Beta. Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected reviews to give it a score of 90% based on reviews from 48 critics, the general consensus states: ""Remixing Roger Corman's B-movie by way of the Off-Broadway musical, ""Little Shop of Horrors"" offers camp, horror and catchy tunes in equal measure—plus some inspired cameos"
"remains the only ""brick-and-mortar"" store in the United States dedicated solely to horror. The store has also published a number of charity anthologies, including ""The Altruistic Alphabet"" and ""Conjuring Dark Delicacies"" (a horror-themed cookbook). In 2005, Howison and co-editor Jeff Gelb published ""Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre"" (Carroll and Graf), which included stories by Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, F. Paul Wilson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, David J. Schow, Steve Niles, Roberta Lannes, Gahan Wilson, and more. The book went on to win the 2005 Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology. In 2007, Howison and co-editor Jeff Gelb"
"Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series) Littlest Pet Shop is a Canadian–American children's animated television series developed by Julie McNally-Cahill and Tim Cahill for Hasbro Studios. Based on the Littlest Pet Shop and Blythe toys owned by Hasbro, the show follows Blythe Baxter, a teenage girl who, after moving into an apartment in a metropolitan area, gains the ability to communicate with animals. Located below her apartment is the eponymous pet store where Blythe works and talks to a group of pets who regularly reside at a day care in the shop. Worried that a corrupt rival business will drive"
"Little Bucks Around 2004, Little Bucks was a short-lived local retail chain of superstore-like dollar stores around metro Atlanta, and nearby areas of Georgia, United States. Founded in 2002, its seven stores began opening in late 2003, and closed in late February 2005 after going bankrupt. The name derived from the fact that instead of selling items for a full dollar, it sold everything for 99 cents. The store mascot was an anthropomorphic coin of ambiguous denomination, wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. ""Little Buck,"" as he was called, is short for little buckaroo (slang for cowboy), in turn"
"which is an ""anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado"", in the original off-Broadway production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's ""black-comedy musical"" ""Little Shop of Horrors"" from 1982. Audrey II was played by four increasingly large puppets, operated by Martin P. Robinson, while Taylor sat in a box at the back of the stage to voice the role, standing to perform his musical numbers. The two kept in close proximity to ensure ""that voice and action are always synchronized"" and ""developed a rapport"" which was ""the only thing that allow[ed] the character to really bloom."" Taylor disliked"
"screenplay to Arrarat Productions. ""The Monster of Nicholson Mesa"" was a parody of horror films. Jonathan Haze Jonathan Haze (born Jack Schachter, April 1, 1929) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in Roger Corman films, especially the 1960 black comedy cult classic, ""The Little Shop of Horrors"", in which he played florist's assistant Seymour Krelboyne. Haze is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schachter of the Squirrel Hill neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Haze was working at a gas station in California when he was discovered by Wyott Ordung. Ordung was directing"
"The Toy Shoppe The Toy Shoppe is a short animated film produced by Walter Lantz Productions, and is one of the many with the character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. While the film was originally released in black and white, a colorized version was released in 1984. Oswald works as a toy maker in his shop where children buy his wares or just look at him through the shop's window creating them. A mischievous rat pops out of a hole in a wall, and is startled when he comes upon a toy leopard he thinks is real. The leopard is attacked"
"offerings, converting its Bobbie West juniors stores into Petites West boutiques mid-decade in order to attract smaller-sized Asian and Latin women. The company's stock started trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1986 under the symbol GOT. In 1988, the company closed its flagship store in Fresno, California due to unsatisfactory sales. In 1995, the company went online. The company grew in Southern California with the 1998 acquisition of Harris Department Stores. In 2000, the Seattle based department store Lamonts was acquired. Most of the Lamonts locations that were acquired by Gottschalks eventually closed due to poor sales. The"
"Mel Welles Mel Welles (February 17, 1924 – August 19, 2005) was an American film actor and director. His best-remembered role may be that of hapless flower shop owner Gravis Mushnik in the 1960 low-budget Roger Corman dark comedy, ""The Little Shop of Horrors"". Welles' was born Ira W. Meltcher in the Bronx, New York City, son of Max and Sally Grichewsky Meltcher. He was raised in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania and graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, in 1940. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State University, a Master of Arts degree from West"
"fight ensues. The demon is defeated as he is broken into pieces. The next morning when the owner arrives and sees the damage he sells the china as antiques. The China Shop The China Shop is a short animated Disney cartoon, it was released in 1934 in the Silly Symphonies series. The short was directed by Wilfred Jackson and is told to be a step ahead in the character staging for the age, because of the thoughful opening scene in which the shopkeeper closes the store, contrasting with the broad kind of movements made by the time. It's closing time"
"Littlest Pet Shop (1995 TV series) Littlest Pet Shop is an animated children's television series based on the toy franchise ""Littlest Pet Shop"" released by Kenner Products. The series debuted on October 16, 1995 in the United States as it was syndicated to local stations by distributor Claster Television. It was produced by Sunbow Entertainment in the United States, and Créativité & Développement and AB Productions in France. ""Littlest Pet Shop"" follows the lives of five miniature animals who live in a pet shop on Littlest Lane and have their own treehouse inside of the store. ""Littlest Pet Shop"" was"
"by a local investor group following ADG's acquisition by May Department Stores. By 1994, Federated Department Stores acquired the remaining ten Horne's stores and merged them with its Lazarus division, completely ceasing all operations of any store under the Horne's name. Kaufmann's was founded in Pittsburgh in 1871 by Jacob and Isaac Kaufmann. In 1877, the brothers moved downtown to a location that became known as ""The Big Store"". ""The Big Store"" featured a large landmark outdoor clock that became a popular meeting place and city icon. Department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range"
"Littlest Pet Shop Littlest Pet Shop is a toy franchise and cartoon series owned by Hasbro. The original toy series was produced by Kenner in the early 1990s. An animated television series was made in 1995 by Sunbow Productions and Jean Chalopin Creativite et Developpement, based on the franchise. The franchise was relaunched in 2005 and there are currently over 3,000 different pets that have been created since. Hasbro, alongside various digital media developers, have produced video games for consoles such as the Nintendo DS, Wii and PlayStation 3. A second animated television series was produced by Hasbro Studios for"